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Beneficial Ownership & Due Diligence: Stepping Up Your Institution’s Information Collection Practices

Abrigo

Takeaway 3 Proposed changes will further define beneficial ownership and outline procedures for disclosing information. Since 2016, three serious document leaks have made international news and exposed the activity of powerful political elites or wealthy individuals who used shell companies to disguise the source of funds and avoid taxes.

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Financial trade associations oppose proposed IRS tax reporting requirement

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The proposal is purportedly designed as a means to crack down on tax evasion by wealthy taxpayers, but the $600 threshold would reach almost all Americans with a traditional bank account. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R.

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Procure-To-Pay’s Tax Conundrum

PYMNTS

One of the largest challenges for procurement chiefs today, according to Sovos VP of Strategy Christiaan Van Der Valk, is tax compliance, and it can easily trip up organizations as regulations become more complex — and as regulators’ strategies to ensure tax compliance become more sophisticated.

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Deep Dive: How Firms Can Avoid Costly Mistakes Come Tax Season

PYMNTS

businesses are likely already feeling tax season’s pressures. Filing is exhausting and complicated for individuals, and businesses experience those tax difficulties to a far greater degree. Such tools can automatically categorize necessary information from receipts and reports, significantly cutting down on the $26.63

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Why Millennial SMB Owners Need Faster Tax Disbursements

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The joys of tax season: complex paperwork, long wait times and check disbursements. Many United States consumers are still reliant on paper checks when it comes to receiving their tax refunds, which represents the largest sum of money many of them will receive at one point during the fiscal year.

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New Digital Taxes Loom On Tech Firms In Europe

PYMNTS

Amid the continuing drumbeat for taxes on global commerce done through digital means, the Czech government has approved a new seven percent digital tax on global Internet firms which will, as Reuters reports , be levied on revenues tied to Czech users across advertising, digital marketplaces and data sales. Health Records and Google.

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Xero Targets Taxes With Instafile Acquisition

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Cloud accounting software firm Xero is broadening its reach in the small business tax filing space through an acquisition of Instafile. based Instafile to integrate its cloud-based tax preparation and filing solution. The company connects accountants, bookkeepers and small businesses to tax authorities to maintain compliance.

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